College Football Polls Aren’t What You Think
…years of AP poll data to test if a variety of conventional wisdoms were correct. He found out that often, they are not. From the abstract: In particular, I test…
Why do so many promising solutions — in education, medicine, criminal justice, etc. — fail to scale up into great policy? And can a new breed of “implementation scientists” crack…
…years of AP poll data to test if a variety of conventional wisdoms were correct. He found out that often, they are not. From the abstract: In particular, I test…
…has been enough research done that we can estimate a lifetime risk; for others we report on the latest research and how it applies to your genetics. We launched with…
New research shows that women with college degrees are “almost twice as likely to drink daily, and they are also more likely to admit to having a drinking problem.” Francesca…
Over 40 percent of U.S. births are to unmarried mothers, and the numbers are especially high among the less-educated. Why? One argument is that the decline in good manufacturing jobs…
…by the women’s movement. We report this fact, test that it is a robust finding, and suggest that future research may help sort out whether it reflects how the women’s…
Alex Tabarrok over at Marginal Revolution has an interesting post on media coverage of the recent Science paper that argued against gender differences in math test scores. Tabarrok says that…
…Sure, horses can’t use words to say they are unfit, but if you believe this new research, a five minute, non-invasive test lets the horse’s heart speak up. The test,…
…the College Board’s test prep courses as well. All that testing adds up: The Big Money reports that the nonprofit College Board racked up a surplus of $55 million in…
There’s a brand-new, four-part Freakonomics Study Guide, available for free for anyone who uses the book for teaching. (The four parts are: Teacher’s Guide, Student’s Guide, Test Answers and Test…
…caught changing test answers, while some parents report “being told to keep children with learning difficulties at home on test days.” There are also reports of schools opening the tests…
Daniel Kahneman left his mark on academia (and the real world) in countless ways. A group of his friends and colleagues recently gathered in Chicago to reflect on this legacy…
(Photo: Shutterstock) A disheartening new study by Catherine Riegle-Crumb and Melissa Humphries finds that teachers discount the math skills of white females, even when girls’ grades and test scores indicate…
…LAUER: How does it compare to the scientific testing that NTSA has done over the years and the car companies and the seat companies who’ve done it. Mr. DUBNER: If…
Why does treating a venomous snake bite cost as much as a house? Zachary Crockett slithers over to North Carolina to find out….
That’s the clever title of the latest paper from Dean Karlan (one of the founders of StickK.com, who was featured in this New York Times Magazine article yesterday along with…
Why do so many promising solutions — in education, medicine, criminal justice, etc. — fail to scale up into great policy? And can a new breed of “implementation scientists” crack…
Women hold fewer than one in 10 patents. Why? And what are we missing out on?
…that the Jacksons are struggling to break free from being inside a cramped triangle [459045 (interior angles of an isosceles right triangle)]. To make matters worse, we see that their…
…these kinds of programs are — although List and Gneezy are trying to rectify that gap with their Chicago Heights research project. A new working paper (abstract; PDF) by Elizabeth…
For decades, there’s been a huge gender disparity both on-screen and behind the scenes. But it seems like cold, hard data — with an assist from the actor Geena Davis…
…who could create a Go computer program that could even play as well as a weak amateur. Some random Japanese company had established the award. Go is one of the…
…doing this in a 2005 New York Times Op-Ed: [A]t the moment, professors’ incentives in choosing textbooks are in some ways more distorted than doctors’ incentives in choosing drugs. You…
…and our business. So, we thought we’d make a contest out of finding the answer. It’s “easy” really. We provide you with a lot of anonymous rating data, and a…
…other researchers should have the chance to review what they have done. Carry out a series of tests using crash-test dummies to determine whether adult seat belts do indeed pass…
…doping test … Demonstration of an unacceptable variation in sample testing results … [and] Errors in fundamental testing procedure and protocol” I haven’t had a chance to look at this…
Most of us are are afraid to ask sensitive questions about money, sex, politics, etc. New research shows this fear is largely unfounded. Time for some interesting conversations!…
…on the research of my good friend Roland Fryer, a professor at Harvard. My friend and colleague John List also contributes a choice quote. The results from using incentives are…
…is that criminals might trust each other more after they have shared compromising information on themselves and especially have used violence together, an insight from Thomas Schelling that we test…
